Beans and Cornbread

Posted by on 8:33 am, Feb 26, 2012 in Recipes, Technique | 0 comments

Thanks to Diane for this.  A great recipe and a new way of cooking beans.  We have had many of these ingredients this winter, so try these to use up those staples.   Bean cooking method If you are like me and never can remember to soak the beans over night, here is a quick cook method that uses the oven..It produces an al dente cooked bean that is not...

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Black Beans and Sweet Potato

Posted by on 8:24 am, Feb 23, 2012 in Recipes | 0 comments

Thanks to the awesome Diane Virosko for this recipe.   Ingredients 1lb dried black beans about 2 cups, rinsed and soaked over night 1lb smoked ham hock or shank 2 bay leaves 4t olive oil 1 yellow onion shopped 1 medium sweet potato chopped into 1/2 inch pieces 1/2 carrot chopped fine 1 celery rib, chopped fine 1/2 tsp cumin 1 tsp chile powder 2 cups chicken...

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Week 6 Winter CSA Package

Posted by on 7:31 am, Jan 4, 2012 in About Your Ingredients, Bag Contents, Farms & Farmers | 0 comments

Chickens, organic black beans, butternut squash pasta I hope everyone had a very special holiday season.  For me the parties and time off was nice, but I’m ready to be back to work.  We started planning over the break for the summer 2012.  I can’t believe it!  So much work to do and so little time.  We’ll be sending updates about that in...

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Bold and Spicy Beans With Butternut Squash and Apples

Posted by on 4:07 pm, Dec 17, 2011 in Recipes | 0 comments

There have been quite a few squash in the packages of late.  You might want to try something new and different than the typical uses for them.  We searched until we found this recipe on About.com.  It sounds good to us, and would make a nice change of pace to the usual roasting or puree that you might be used to.  This would be great with a thick slab of...

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Pickled Green Beans

Posted by on 4:53 am, Sep 9, 2011 in Recipes | 0 comments

Running out of uses for green beans? Try putting some away for the winter. This is a shortened version of the pickling/canning process. A great online resource for canning is www.pickyourown.org. Suppliers: - 2-3 pint jars - New pint jar lids - Pint jar rings - A large stock pot for hot water bath canning - Jar tongs (optional) - A cooling tray or something to...

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